Competition

Barnicoat wins the prefinal

The inner line was taken by Ben Barnicoat (ART GP / Parilla) who started slightly ahead of Tom Joyner (LH / BMB) at the start of the KF2 prefinal. Behind Barnicoat, Nicklas Nielsen (Kosmic / Vortex) beat Dennis Olsen (Energy / TM), Joyner, Damiano Fioravanti (Tony Kart / Vortex), Charles Leclerc (ART GP / Parilla) and Antonio Fuoco (Kosmic / Vortex). Max Verstappen (Zanardi / Parilla) started 31st. Olsen went second in the wheels of Barnicoat, Joyner was a little behind, followed closely by Nielsen and Leclerc in full battle. Felice Tiene (CRG / BMB) recovered to sixth ahead of Carlos Gil (Tony Kart / Vortex). Verstappen returned to the parc ferme.

Barnicoat got away from the threat of Olsen, Joyner slightly outpaced Leclerc and Nielsen. Fuoco was delayed and advanced to eighteenth from Flavio Camponeschi (Tony Kart / Vortex) who started last. Remy Deguffroy (Tony Kart / Vortex) had a good race in 12th position. Shortly after the halfway point, Leclerc captured third place and Joyner seemed slower. Olsen stopped at the start of the last lap, apparently suffering a mechanical problem.

Barnicoat easily won the prefinal by 8/10 ahead of Leclerc who was in good position for the championship. He set the fastest lap, with Nielsen, Tiene, Joyner, Fioravanti, Gil and Vivacqua behind.

Weather for the race:

Air temperature 28 °, track temperature 50 degrees, sunny skies, moderate winds.

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Publié le 05/08/2012